Question

A bank originates $150,000,000 worth of 30-year single-family mortgages funded by demand deposits and the required amount of capital. Reserve requirements are 10% and the bank pays 32 basis points in deposit insurance premiums. The bank is earning a 6.25% coupon on the mortgages. The mortgages are priced at par and total monthly payments on the mortgages are $923,576.

If the bank can originate and securitize this amount of mortgages with the same terms four times over the next year (including the existing mortgages) and the bank earns a servicing fee each month equal to 3.5% of the monthly payments, what will be the bank's monthly fee income 12 months from now?
A. $110,456
B. $116,432
C. $122,673
D. $129,301
E. $133,444

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